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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 4, 2006, 4:24 AM CDT for Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2006, 4:24 AM CDT (09:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2006, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KTSA 040925 FFWTSA OKC143-145-041230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 424 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WESTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 730 AM CDT * AT 421 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ALONG A LINE FROM TULSA TO LIBERTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE UP TO ANOTHER 1 INCH OF RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS RAINFALL IN ADDITION TO THE LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED WILL RESULT IN WORSENING FLOOD CONDITIONS. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...BROKEN ARROW...TULSA...ONETA AND COWETA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...CREEKS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REMEMBER FLOODING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED DEATHS. LAT...LON 3615 9593 3586 9584 3588 9551 3616 9560 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KTSA 041022 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 522 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 OKC143-145-041230- TULSA OK-WAGONER OK- 522 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR WESTERN WAGONER AND EASTERN TULSA COUNTIES... AT 518 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 630 AM AND WILL PRODUCE UP TO ANOTHER ONE QUARTER INCH OF RAIN IN THE WARNED AREA. EXTENSIVE FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CITY OF TULSA AND IN BROKEN ARROW. CONDITIONS SHOULD SLOWLY IMPROVE NOW THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN THOSE AREAS AND FLOOD WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY RECEDE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...CREEKS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REMEMBER FLOODING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED DEATHS. LAT...LON 3615 9593 3586 9584 3588 9551 3616 9560 $$
000 WGUS74 KTSA 041117 FFSTSA FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 617 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 OKC143-145-041230- TULSA OK-WAGONER OK- 617 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR WESTERN WAGONER AND EASTERN TULSA COUNTIES... AT 613 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS OVER THE WARNED AREA...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN UP TO ANOTHER ONE QUARTER INCH OF RAIN ACROSS EASTERN TULSA AND WESTERN WAGONER COUNTIES. EXTENSIVE FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF TULSA AND IN BROKEN ARROW THIS MORNING. FLOOD WATERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY RECEDE NOW THAT THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...CREEKS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REMEMBER FLOODING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED DEATHS. LAT...LON 3615 9593 3586 9584 3588 9551 3616 9560 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 45 min |
| May 4, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes | 62 min |
| May 4, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 42 min |
| May 4, 2:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 114 min |
| May 4, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 63 min |
| May 4, 3:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh and 11 more | 12 hr |
| May 4, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 66 min |
| May 4, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okmulgee | 57 min |
| May 4, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 52 min |
| May 4, 8:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.